Having grown up in NY, we were aware that certain roads were not open to commercial traffic or larger vehicles. I would think that any of us traveling in our buses an unknown area could be to disaster by our GPS. If using regular automotive GPS, as I'm sure most of us do, we should probably be careful in some areas of the country.

Len, I like your motto line. Do you think that Russell was certain about that?

I have not yet hit anything with the bus's roof, but did once crushed a roof pod in my first motorhome with a tree limb. Other things to watch are street signs that extend into the street (met one of those once). You can also be surprised by the slope of the road. A road we were on once in that motorhome sloped in such a way that we were actually riding angled toward the curb. We caught the awing on a telephone pole that was leaning into the road. Fortunately, the telephone company agreed and paid for most of the repair. They, of course, did not fix the pole.

GPS is wonderful but the basemaps aren't always perfect. Several years ago we let Streets and Trips guide us out of Castlegar, BC. It didn't look good but the computer seemed certain so we kept following it right up to the dead end in the attached photo. The guy with the nice paved driveway next to the turnaround came flying out of his house "you got one of those GPS things?" "Yep" "They're wrong". I guess truckers routinely ended up in the same spot. Then he launched into a tirade about how I wasn't to try turning around on his driveway because it was a thin membrane ..... yadda yadda yadda. I assured him that as soon as we got the Exploder unhooked we would back out. On the other hand, when they work they are wonderful. Google maps on my Android is my absolute favorite and most used app. Its a rare day I don't use it for something, usually to find the closest Wallyworld or Home Depot or Starbucks or whatever.

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